Let's talk about where we are......

CAp,,,don't worry about the jerk-offs that got pissed. If they can't take a damn joke, then they shouldn't be on the internet anyway.
Now, just give me my MOD status and I will take care of them for ya!! LOL!
idea.gif
 
Capt. You got Lamb good and there is no reason to apologize. Lamb's the sucker that fell for it. HaHaHaHa on me!
 
No issues here Cap - I thought it was the real deal, so I helped another member get a tem-forum up and running so we as a group could talk about how to resolve the issue. I've said a few things around here that were taken completly the wrong way. After I thought about what I posted I realized how it could be taken the wrong way in the past. I think most of us had made that error.

Now some of the things said in the recent past have been a little uncalled for by some people....and I think, and hope it will all just blow over, and everyone will be cool with each other very soon. Im not sure how good intentions to help the members out here could be taken as bad by some, but I just hope all gets back to normal for everyone real soon.

John



<!--EDIT|valium
Reason for Edit: None given...|1144123262 -->
 
Cap...don't worry about it. They will get over it.

Personally, I saw it while I was at work. I about fell out of my chair...then realized the date. I decided to wait until the 2nd to see what was really happening.

For the record though, If you truely needed to shut the site down for any reason, I'm sure 95% of us would understand and respect the decision.
 
Not everyone took it so well and Im just trying to mend wounds... If I didnt think it was going to be funny then I would not have done it... I think that there are folks that thought I did it to prove a point, show my awesome power or just demonstrate phase one of my global takeover.

Not sure on which one...
 
next time re-skin the site as a zx-14 forum and watch the crap REALLY hit the fan
tounge.gif
 
that said, considering the whole cache debacle, the resulting fund-raising and general sense of coming together for the site...the joke might have been a little too close to all the drama etc... It was a good joke, but maybe a bit too believeable, even considering the date.

nothing that anyone should get too bent out of shape about, mind you.
 
You got me sooooo bad
I thought you were serious! I told my g/f that I was sooo bumed and she felt so bad for me because I am on tis site everyday. Then she said that their is always the suzukihayabusa.org and I just told her it just isn't the same. So then I was looking on the next day trying to see if anyone posted about it and I didn't find anything.
But I am glad we are here to stay! I love this site and Captin you do a great job of running it! Keep up the good work!
 
I think I realized what the problem was.

This is the best analogy that I can come up with to explain why I think some people got upset about it.. just a perception on my part..


This site over the last year or more has had its ups and downs. talks and rumors of not having enough funding to keep it going. the Cache ordeal, etc..

I think people have been on edge and have been expecting the site to go down..


I think it would be like if you had a relative like a dad or brother or sister who had cancer and was battling cancer and had been battling cancer for awhile.. you keep expecting the worse.. you keep waiting for the phone call to say it is all over..

Then one day the phone call comes.. they say the relative is dead...  You have been kind of expecting it but you are still in shock, then you start the mourning process .. then later on they call you back and say

"psyche!! I was just busting your chops.. you know.. just a joke. there is nothing wrong with them. they are fine"

I think if the board hadn’t been in turmoil over the last year with constant talk about not having enough finances to keep it going... I don’t think it would have had the impact it did.. I think (guessing, perceiving) that was the mind set and why some people didn’t think it was funny.

Anyway.. I am not riled up about it.. never really was.. it got me.. I thought it was real, and I was trying to do damage control. And then when I found out it was a joke.. I was like.. ok whatever..

But while I was on the treadmill tonight that analogy popped into my head and it makes sense to me as to why some people went over the edge about it.


Maybe.. just a guess.. just throwing an idea out there to try and help people understand…

*shrugs*



<!--EDIT|thrasherfox
Reason for Edit: None given...|1144125659 -->
 
I can say now that i think it was funny and a good prank... at first i was mad... not that the site was gone but i thought the information was gone... then i came to my senses and thought it had to be a joke so i went about my day and as we all know its back... or should i say, it was never gone!
cool.gif
 
*chucks lemon at Thrasher*



tounge.gif
  I hear ya, man. Mebbe a bit too extreme on the analogy, but I get the idea. ;;):



<!--EDIT|PACIFICBUSA
Reason for Edit: None given...|1144128180 -->
 
(thrasherfox @ April 03 2006 said:
I think I realized what the problem was.

This is the best analogy that I can come up with to explain why I think some people got upset about it.. just a perception on my part..


This site over the last year or more has had its ups and downs. talks and rumors of not having enough funding to keep it going. the Cache ordeal, etc..

I think people have been on edge and have been expecting the site to go down..


I think it would be like if you had a relative like a dad or brother or sister who had cancer and was battling cancer and had been battling cancer for awhile.. you keep expecting the worse.. you keep waiting for the phone call to say it is all over..

Then one day the phone call comes.. they say the relative is dead...  You have been kind of expecting it but you are still in shock, then you start the mourning process .. then later on they call you back and say

"psyche!! I was just busting your chops.. you know.. just a joke. there is nothing wrong with them. they are fine"

I think if the board hadn’t been in turmoil over the last year with constant talk about not having enough finances to keep it going... I don’t think it would have had the impact it did.. I think (guessing, perceiving) that was the mind set and why some people didn’t think it was funny.

Anyway.. I am not riled up about it.. never really was.. it got me.. I thought it was real, and I was trying to do damage control. And then when I found out it was a joke.. I was like.. ok whatever..

But while I was on the treadmill tonight that analogy popped into my head and it makes sense to me as to why some people went over the edge about it.


Maybe.. just a guess.. just throwing an idea out there to try and help people understand…

*shrugs*
Click to expand...
Thrasher, you are one insightful sombeach.  I think you hit the nail on the head.

But I'll add a little...

Some of us have high stress jobs.  Some of us live at our jobs, and dont have a big social life.  I fit that catagory to a certain extent.  My time off is spent with my family, or on my bike.  Otherwise, I am at work.  
The friends I have met here are very important to me.  
I believed that the org was done...primarily due to the facts that thrasher just laid out...  It seems we have been in a precarious situation since cache left.  It was believable that the site would end.

I was severely bummed that I'd not have the pleasure of talking with all the great folks I'd met here at the org.  I mean, what other place can any of us go....where we talk to really good people....from all over the globe...about the thingswe love? ...our bikes.   Yea, there are other websites about motorcycles...but nowhere is there the kind of quality folk that are here.  NO WHERE.  We all say it on a regular basis...well, most of us anyway.  I don't understand how you cannot be sad that all of a sudden, you have no way to contact Pacman..you don't know how to get ahold of FLknifemaker cause you want one of his quality products...  you can't ask NJ which helmet is best..(cause he has one of each!)  you have no way to get ahold of Relsek, cause you are going to Florida and you REALLY want to meet this cool guy...

Maybe I put too much into this...but I had NO way to contact any of these folks.  These people that I consider friends.

Cap, you got me.  Without a doubt, you got me.  You also got others.  Looking back now, it does have some humor.  At the time, it didn't.

It is not the joke that caused the problem.  It is the 2 days it took for the powers that be to admit what kind of impact it could have on the members.

The first 2 hours after we were back up is where the problem started.  ALL the problems we have had could have been diverted with a bit more understanding.  Some folks voiced serious frustration over this situation...and were met with..basically, "tough shid"  see ya.  IMO..that was out of line.

I have nothing but the utmost respect for you and all the mods.  I think it is cool that you posted this message.  This is still the best site on the net.

I'm probably banned now too.  Oh well.  I have this problem of saying what I think.

Lets ALL try to put this behind us.  And get back to being the best M/C site on the net.
 
I really thought the site was gone, forever...Glad that it was just a joke...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

R
Let's talk Coffee Pots
2
Replies
21
Views
1,524
spot
spot
rubbersidedown
Donations are still welcome
Replies
1
Views
634
hbr
hbr
captain
Let's talk about the future of this site....
2
Replies
29
Views
2,578
JeffSyh
JeffSyh
D
Jinkster
2 3
Replies
54
Views
2,737
HT_USMC
HT_USMC
captain
What are we becoming? We determine the outcome!
5 6 7
Replies
125
Views
6,940
Phil96
Phil96
Back
Top